small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
people; men and women; each person; everybody
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
as is usual with; in common with
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
married man or woman; housekeeping
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
older brother; elder brother
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that